Colonization Circular, Issues 25-29G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1866 |
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Page 64 - inches above the deck, and the interval between each tier of berths and between the uppermost tier and deck above it, at least 2 feet. The berths are to be securely constructed, at a distance of at least 9 inches from any water-closet, and not to be of less dimensions than
Page 77 - to be berthed in a separate compartment in the fore part of the ship, or in separate rooms, if the ship be divided into compartments and fitted with enclosed berths. Not more than one passenger, unless husband and wife, or females, or children under 12,
Page 61 - subjects as from the date of their arrival, and to be capable of holding and transmitting any estate real or personal within the Colony. Power is given to the local legislature to alter or repeal any of the provisions of the Act so far as they relate to the right to real property. Liberated Africans are also
Page 82 - and kept alight by him till 7 PM ; then to be extinguished, unless otherwise directed by the master, or required for the use of the sick. 5. The master to determine the order in which each passenger or family of passengers shall be entitled to the use of the fires.
Page 74 - days from their date the alien must take and subscribe the oath of allegiance before a Judge of the Supreme Court, and a certificate thereof is issued by the Registrar of the Court, whose certificate is to be received as sufficient evidence of the fact. These ordinances are reserved for Her Majesty's
Page 28 - 1st. The place of destination, and the length of the engagement, 2nd. The right of the emigrant to be conveyed back to his own country, and the sum which shall be paid at the expiration of his contract to cover the expense of his voyage home, and that of his family should they accompany him.
Page 27 - departure of Chinese subjects embarking of their own free will and at their own expense for foreign countries ; but that all attempts to bring Chinese under an engagement to emigrate, otherwise than a,s the present Regulations provide, are formally forbidden and will be prosecuted with the extreme rigor of the law
Page 24 - and a majority of the Guardians of the parish of the settlement must express their concurrence in writing in the resolution of the Board of Guardians for such expenditure. This written concurrence must be transmitted, together with a list describing the proposed emigrants, to the Poor Law Board, who are to issue their order to
Page 8 - of this meeting, notices, specifying clearly and fully its object, must be affixed, before divine service, on or near the doors of all the churches and chapels within the parish. Three clear days must elapse,
Page 61 - days from their date the alien must take and subscribe the oath of allegiance before a Judge of the Supreme Court, and a certificate thereof is issued by the Registrar of the Court, whose certificate is to be received as sufficient evidence of the fact. These ordinances